Saint Elisabeth Silk Screen Icon – Gold & Engraved Wood

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The Princess Elizabeth Feodorovna was born in 1864. She was the granddaughter of the Queen of England, Victoria and of Ludwig IV, the Grand Duke of Hesse. Her benevolent, compassionate, and pure soul was evident since her first years. She treated all people and especially those in need, with humility and kindness. At the age of 20 she married Sergios Alexandrovitch, the brother of the Tsar Alexander III. She learned with eagerness the Russian language, worshiped the Christian religion and embraced it as a way of life. She helped the poor and needy tirelessly; she organized military hospitals during the Russian – Japanese war, she founded the “Fraternity of Saint Martha and Mary”, through which she offered care and comfort to orphans and needy children, by creating hostel, school, hospital, library, etc. During the First World War, the Fraternity became a shelter to orphaned children and a part of it was converted to a military hospital. During the October Revolution, although she had the opportunity to leave Russia, she stayed to share with her people. In 1918 she was taken to an abandoned mine where she was killed by a grenade. Her body and this of her subservient nun Barbara were transferred in 1920 to the crypt of the Russian monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene in Gethsemane. Saint Elisabeth Name Day is July 5^th

“Always be guided by your heart rather than by your head, and your life will be transformed. Happiness does not consist in living in a palace or enjoying a large fortune; these can be lost. True happiness is something that neither men nor events can take from you. You will find it in Faith, in Hope and in Charity. Try to make those around you happy, and you will be happy yourself.”

– Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna